מַחֲלָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4245
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
sickness tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מַחֲלָה: n.f. sickness, disease tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. sickness, disease, מַחֲלָה Ex 15:26 + 3 times—sickness, disease (in gen.) Ex 23:25 (JE); so c. כל, 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 (‖ כל־נֶגַע), Ex 15:26 (JE; cf. אני יהוה רֹפְאֶ֑ךָ ad fin.)
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sickness (4).
In the verses
וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵרַ֥ךְ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ וְאֶת־מֵימֶ֑יךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִ֥י מַחֲלָ֖ה מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃
Word for word: and you.will.serve (et) Yahweh God your and he.will.bless (et) food your and (et) water your and I.will.remove sickness from midst your
JPS 1917: And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי־יִ֠הְיֶה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן יֵרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה חָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר־ל֛וֹ אֹיְב֖וֹ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑יו כָּל־נֶ֖גַע כָּֽל־מַחֲלָֽה׃
Word for word: famine (dm) it.will.be in the land pestilence (dm) it.will.be blight mildew locust[s] locust[s] (dm) it.will.be (dm) he.will.lay.siege to it enemy its in the.land its.gates his any plague any sickness
JPS 1917: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
On Mova
- This word in the Tanakh dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/מחלה-3/